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The Evolution of Giving: Considerations for Regulation of Cryptocurrency Donation Deductions [PDF]
, 2015 This Issue Brief looks at the rapidly growing area of cryptocurrency donations to nonprofit organizations. Given the recent IRS guidance issued on taxation of Bitcoin, specifically its decision to treat cryptocurrencies as property, questions now arise ...
Pittman, Ashley
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Any port in a storm: Cryptocurrency safe-havens during the COVID-19 pandemic
Economics Letters, 2020 Controlling for the polarity and subjectivity of social media data based on the development of the COVID-19 outbreak, we analyse the relationships between the largest cryptocurrencies and such time-varying realisation as to the scale of the economic ...
S. Corbet +4 more
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FinTech and Environmental Sustainability: Evidence From Brazil
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study explores the dynamic interplay between economic growth and environmental sustainability from a FinTech perspective, using Brazil as a case study. While FinTech's contribution to green transformation, sustainable finance, and resource efficiency has gained increasing attention, a notable lack of empirical research remains to assess ...
Kemal Eyuboglu, Umut Uzar
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Technological innovation and digitalization are widely viewed as key drivers of sustainable development, yet their effectiveness in reducing carbon emissions remains uncertain. This study examines how technological innovation, digitalization, energy structure, and economic activity shape both CO2 emissions and total factor productivity in 22 ...
Muhammad Waqas Khalid +2 more
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Racing to Regulation: A Comparative Analysis of Virtual Currency Regulation in Alaska And the Proposed Alaska Money Services Act Carlos Manzano [PDF]
, 2018 The emergence of virtual currencies has revolutionized the financial industry by creating an alternative form of payment that seeks to insulate individuals from government and bank influence.
Manzano, Carlos
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Smart cities and urban digital twins have fostered the emergence of immersive environments, such as the metaverse. While contemporary scholarlship has increasingly examined the integration of the metaverse within smart city infrastructures, the critical nexus between urban sustainability and the metaverse remains largely under‐researched. This
Jose Manuel Diaz‐Sarachaga +1 more
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Humanities & Social Sciences CommunicationsOver the past decade, the surge in popularity of cryptocurrency investment has garnered a lot of attention in the financial marketplace. This study aims to open the “black box” of cryptocurrency investors by understanding the past cryptocurrency ...
Pengcheng Wang, Zefeng Bai
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Flight to Quality in Cryptocurrencies [PDF]
, 2018 The topic of cryptocurrencies has been on the forefront of investors’ minds as they have seen ridiculous returns from the volatile swings in price. Its value highly debated because the asset is not backed by a hard asset. If we look back at the beginning
Brockelbank, Scott, Jr.
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Unnatural Causes: Cryptocurrencies, Carbon Credits, and the rise of Neoliberalism from Below
Economic Anthropology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Klima is a carbon‐backed cryptocurrency running as a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). In 2021, it had accumulated 9 million metric tons of digital carbon credits and reached a market value of more than US$1 billion. In 2023, its treasury stored twice as many carbon credits, but its spot price was a tiny fraction compared to 2021 ...
Riccardo De Cristano, Alexander Paulsson
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